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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Bernabe P. ABAT." (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 22:57:47 +0800
Subject: Dear friend,

Dear friend,

Before I proceed I must first apologize for this unsolicited letter to you, I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust, but you will realize the need for my action. My name is BERNABE P.ABAT (LEGAL PRACTITIONERS & FINANCIAL SOLICITORS). Actually, I got your contact information through the United States public records while searching for a last name similar to our late client General Rafael Eitan,an Israeli and also a big time businessman for fifteen years.

In February 2004, our client General Rafael Eitan an Israeli and also a big time businessman, made a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar months with a value of Twenty-two Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only in our branch and the interest rate for the 18 calendar months was 12% of his deposit,which now put the entire money at our bank presently to (US$9.7m) Nine Million, Seven hundred thousand United States Dollars only.This amount was gotten after the interest-rate was added. Upon maturity several notices was sent to him through my dept.and no response came from him,but I later discovered that the General (our customer) died in November 2004,he was found dead in the waters of Ashdod Port.

Please check out the website below for confirmation:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4034765.stm

After further investigations, it was also discovered that General Rafael Eitan did not declare any Next-of-Kin in his official papers including the paper works of his bank deposit. So,(US$9.7m) Nine million,Seven hundred thousand United States dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come foward to claim it.What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration of Six(6) years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Chinese Government if nobody applies to claim the funds,hence the need to contact you.

Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the Next-of-Kin to General Rafael Eitan,so that you will be able to File for claim to receive the funds. You should not have anything to worry about this project,as I will do everything legally required to ensure that the project goes smoothly. It shall pass through all Laws of International Banking and I will obtain relevant document that will assist you for the claims and to facilitate the release of the funds to any bank account of your choice for the transfer,this is my assurance to you.

Having resolved to entrust this transaction into your hands, I want to remind you that, it needs your commitment and diligent follow up. If we work seriously towards this project, the entire transaction should be over within two(2) weeks to be precise. This project is highly capital intensive, this is why I have to be very careful. I need your total devotion and trust to see this through. I know we have not met before, but I am very confident that we will be able to establish the necessary trust that we need to execute this project.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will give you more details regarding the next step in this transaction and also note that you will have 40% of the above mentioned amount if you agree to help me execute this project. And also after the funds has been transferred into your bank account you will take 10% out as a compensation for the expenses incurred during the course of this transaction and 50% is for me.

Be rest assured that this transaction is 100% Risk-free, as all modalities to actualize this project effectively are in place. Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top Confidential,please delete it if you are not interested.
Please do reply your respond to me in this email with the following information:


*** YOUR FULL NAME
*** YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS
*** YOUR DIRECT TEL/FAX NUMBER{S}
*** YOUR AGE AND OCCUPATION
bernabep.abatsolicitor@centrum.cz

Your urgent response will be appreciated.


Respectfully,

Bernabe P. ABAT.

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